Oscar-nominated actor Jesse Eisenberg claims Lionsgate is trying to dupe fans into seeing a movie in which he barely appears.

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Oscar-nominated actor Jesse Eisenberg is suing Lionsgate for promoting a straight-to-DVD horror film in which he briefly cameos as if it were a starring vehicle.

"The Social Network" star and Oscar-nominated actor Jesse Eisenberg would like his fans to know that, despite a DVD cover featuring an enormous blow-up of his face, he is not the star of "Camp Hell."

Eisenberg is so upset over what he feels is a ploy by Lionsgate to dupe fans that he is suing the studio for $3 million, claiming they are taking what is, in reality, a less-than-five minute cameo in the direct-to-DVD horror film and using it to promote the film as an Eisenberg-starring movie.

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On the DVD cover, Eisenberg's name even appears above the title (and is the only actor credited on the cover), which would appear to indicate that he was the star.

In a suit filed in a Los Angeles court last week, Eisenberg makes it clear that his intention is to "warn his fans and the public that, contrary to [the film's advertising], [he] is not the star of and does not appear in a prominent role in 'Camp Hell.'"

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The film, which co-stars Bruce Davison, Dana Delany, and Andrew McCarthy, is about a bunch of teens at Bible camp who are attacked by a demonic presence. The film was widely panned, with many critics noting that Eisenberg's cameo is not only extremely short, but fairly nonsensical in terms of the film's plot.